On Monday, January 26, Associations of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (hereon ACAMS) held its Third Annual AML Risk Management Conference at The Conrad Hotel in downtown New York. Over the course of this week, summaries and takeaways from the key notes and panel discussions will be shared in this blog.

Cyrus Vance, Jr. is the Manhattan District Attorney in the New York county DA’s Office. He is known for a keen focus on financial crimes and crimes where financial services can aid Law Enforcement.

His keynote enumerated five:

Increase in prosecutions of Auditors and Accountants and their firms.

Payday lenders pose a risk to banks and the DA’s office intends to help banks stay out of trouble made by payday lenders.

Homegrown terrorism financing is still a risk and financial services play a crucial role is helping the DA’s office collect evidence.

Cyber crime’s boundaries are not national, therefore, the DA’s office has began information sharing partnerships, beginning with London. Paris is interested.

About the Author: Marcus Maltempo is a compliance professional with more than a decade of experience helping banks, law firms and clients manage investigations and regulatory responses.
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